Metro · Density Score
Iowa City, IA
Metro area in Iowa
39 Combined score #67 of 127 metros
- Economic
- 55 #50 of 127
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 29 #84 of 127
Iowa City ranks #67 overall, #84 in Startup & VC and #50 in Economy among 127 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #16 of 127: 702 STEM degrees per 100k people
- #35 of 122: 47 patents per 100k people
- #45 of 127: 1.4 early-stage rounds per year per 100k people
The inputs
Ranks are among the metros with data for each input; higher is better.
- Venture capital per year, per 100k people
- $1.1M #101 of 127
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 1.4 #45 of 127
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0 #80 of 127
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0 #92 of 121
- GDP per person
- $79K #69 of 127
- Patents per 100k people
- 47 #35 of 122
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 702 #16 of 127
- Tech share of jobs
- 2.7% #67 of 127
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- -384 #101 of 127
Some of this metro’s inputs are estimated or still pending.
